November 11, 2010

30 Rock Recap: Your Mother Exploded

Finally, some character growth. Although it’s entertaining to watch Tracy and Jenna’s extreme narcissism and sheer outrageousness play out each week, it was refreshing to see them develop into less self-absorbed characters.

Back at 30 Rock, Jack finds the perfect solution for his difficulties in getting approval for the Kabletown deal. He chooses to support Steve Austin (played by Mad Men’s John Slattery), the Independent candidate running against Queen Latifah’s Regina Bookman, who is holding up the merger due to NBC’s failure to increase diversity (It’s not that Jack hasn’t tried: America’s Next Top Black Guy was a disappointing failure).

Meanwhile, Liz finds the perfect pair of pants from a trendy Brooklyn store, “Brooklyn Without Limits,” (BWL) and it is clear that she has a butt lower-half double. When Jack informs her that BWL pants are owned by Halliburton, it is only through Tracy and Jenna’s acts of humanity that force her to make her own compromises. This action then inspires Jack, as he reluctantly decides that he must unleash the unedited version of Steve Austin’s completely backwards politician to the public (“As if that weren’t enough, Austin was mocked in Jay Leno’s monologue tonight…”)

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It was the question that had been on every fan’s mind since last March. After losing eight players to graduation — including four starters and two former Ivy League Player of the Year award winners — and the most influential coach in program history, what could be expected of the 2010-11 Bill Courtney-led Cornell men’s basketball team?

This week’s episode begins with a very important message that is applicable especially to college students who live in a world for of germs. Pam educates the office staff on the amount of bacteria that are present in the office. She let’s them know that they keyboards that they type on all day have more germs per square inch than a toilet seat.